STS9,Les Claypool's Duo De Twang,Hieroglyphics, E-40, Mac Lethal and more are set to perform at the uniquely SoCal Chalice Festival July 12-13 in San Bernadino, CA. Sure, there's a killer musical lineup, but this is also a celebration of all things cannabis, so live glassblowing, plentiful food trucks and yes--edibles--will also be spotlighted.

This is the first year for the festival, which takes place at the National Orange Show (NOS) Event Center and is sponsored by Hitman Glass. Chalice California is a two-day event dedicated to the culture and people surrounding cannabis concentrate, complete with educational seminars, competitions, and a glassblower village--not to mention some of the biggest names in hip-hop and dance music. Doors open Saturday at 12pm and Sunday at 11am.

You can pick up tickets at Amoeba Hollywood, where we've got individual day tickets ($40 for Saturday, $50 for Sunday), as well as a weekend pass ($70). Please note there is a $2 service fee per ticket. Or you can buy tickets online here.

Faith No More
Sly & The Family Stone
Kaskade
Girls
Les Claypool
Street Sweeper Social Club

Both coasts of the United States are indented with bodies of water larger than a cove, and smaller than a gulf. Still, when someone refers to "The Bay," it only means one thing....San Francisco -- more specifically the San Francisco Bay Area. The Bay Area is the birth place of these six artists, who represent diverse communities and "scenes" far and wide throughout the Bay Area. But more importantly, they have all been a very influential part of San Francisco's internationally respected music scene, past and present, and have been ingrained in our popular culture along the way. If you're not in love with San Francisco...first off, what's wrong with you!?!....and second, after watching these videos, you'll fall in love in no time.

While recently checking out the video below by the Audio Bullys (the UK duo whose third album Higher Than The Eiffel arrives in Amoeba tomorrow) for their great 2008 single-only release "Gimme That Punk" in which they display countless classic album covers (including The Clash, The Doors, The Kinks, The Sex Pistols) it further reminded me of why I love (and miss) LPs and their glorious 12" by 12" cover art work so much. This is why I always look forward to checking out new (and always themed) LP cover art posts here by The Gone World Amoeblogger Mr Chadwick and any record or LP cover art gallery shows like the ones at very top and lower points of this blog, courtesy of Siemon Allen Records, whose current exhibit Records (South African Edition) just ended yesterday at the Johannesburg Art Fair.

The Audio Bullys' video reminded me of another UK musical duo's video from recent years, dan le sac VS scroobius pip's 2007 video for their hit single "Thou Shalt always Kill," in which they also flip through various classic album covers as they dismiss their respective makers as being "just a band." This music video style, utilized by both this pair and the Audio Bullys, of displaying and then tossing on the ground the LP covers that are referenced in their lyrics is directly derived from the film footage of Bob Dylan's Bringing It All Back Home album track "Subterranean Homesick Blues" in which Dylan is filmed tossing large cue cards with key words from the song's lyrics.